Jazz Articles about Joel Frahm

Joel Frahm - Bruce Katz: Project A

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 22, 2010

Soul che scalda, blues che incendia, funky che scalcia. E poi, a sprazzi, c'è il jazz. Jazz che affonda. Project A, dove “A" sta per Aretha Franklin, è un album che si appiccica addosso a chi lo scolta perché ripercorre da cima a fondo la black music che più ci piace. Il sassofono di Joel Frahm e l'Hammond di Bruce Katz sono i capofila di una formazione variabile di sette musicisti alle prese con alcuni dei brani resi celebri dalla ...

Joel Frahm and Bruce Katz: Project A

by Marcia Hillman
October 5, 2009

Tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm has teamed up with pianist/organist Bruce Katz for Project A, a tribute to Aretha Franklin and containing material with which she is associated. Although Frahm's foundation is jazz, there is a soul-filled side of him that enjoys working with the likes of Katz, renowned for his work with the Allman Brothers Band. The pair are joined by Chris Vitarello (guitar), Marty Ballou (acoustic bass), Jerry Jemmott (electric bass), Lorne Entress and Ralph Rosen (drums), with baritone ...

Joel Frahm & Bruce Katz at The Jazz Standard, NYC

by Ernest Barteldes
September 16, 2009

Joel Frahm and Bruce KatzJazz Standard New York, New York September 1, 2009

In celebration of the release of Project A (Anzic Records), co-bandleaders Joel Frahm (tenor saxophone) and Bruce Katz (piano, B3 and Wurlitzer) took the stage at the famed Manhattan jazz club to showcase what they described as “a jazz re-reading" of the music of Aretha Franklin.

The band started as a quintet with the two leaders backed by Chris Vitarello (electric ...

Joel Frahm / Bruce Katz: Project A

by Mark F. Turner
August 29, 2009

Joel Frahm and Bruce Katz's Project A is not a codename for a scientific research program or some covert operation, but, instead, a finger-snapping, toe-tapping tribute to the original Queen of Soul, singer Aretha Franklin. Frahm, a superlative saxophonist who has worked with Maynard Ferguson, Brad Mehldau and Kurt Rosenwinkel, is joined by Bruce Katz, a master Hammond B3 player and pianist, who is well known in R&B, blues and rock circles, having performed with Gregg Allman ...

Irene Atman and Daniela Schachter meet at the Intersection of Joel Frahm

by C. Michael Bailey
May 6, 2009

Nowhere in jazz is the soil so rich as it is in the area of female vocals. Major label, independents, melting pots and old school, there are vocal releases appealing to any persnickety taste. Such a diverse marketplace is to the fortune of the listening public. This fortune is magnified when two dramatically different singers share a common denominator: in the cases of Irene Atman and Daniela Schachter that common denominator is New York tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm on the ...

Joel Frahm: We Used To Dance

by Geoff Mirelowitz
October 25, 2007

Joel Frahm is a big, gentle looking man with a big, warm sound on the tenor saxophone. On We Used To Dance, he reunites with pianist Kenny Barron, with whom Frahm studied at the Rutgers University jazz program. Frahm has also enlisted the services of the rest of the rhythm section that contributed so much to the later recordings of Stan Getz: bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Victor Lewis. The result is a solid disc of outstanding music. ...

Joel Frahm: The Focused Chameleon

by Jason Crane
September 7, 2007

Jason Crane interviews saxophonist Joel Frahm. Frahm is one of the busiest saxophonists on the scene today. You'll find him on recordings with pianist Brad Mehldau, vocalist Jane Monheit, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, drummers Matt Wilson and Pete Zimmer, and the Waverly 7. His fourth record as a leader, We Used To Dance (Anzic Records, 2007), brings together a classic rhythm section that played with Stan Getz on some of his final recordings: pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Rufus ...